How to Start a Drop Shipping Business

Drop shipping is a retail method in which you don't keep products in stock. Instead, you partner with a wholesale supplier that stocks its own inventory. You transfer customer orders and shipmentdetails to them, and they ship the goods directly to the customer. The biggest benefit of drop shipping is you don’t have to worry about fulfillment or inventory issues. With all the physical fulfillment issues handled, you're free to operate your business anywhere you can get an internet connection. Google can be an effective tool for finding drop shipping wholesalers, but you need to keep a few things in mind. Here are some tips you canuse to find a wholesaler through Google. If you stick around until the end of this video, you’ll get access to “The UltimateGuide to Dropshipping” a free bonus guide that shows you exactly how to start a dropshippingbusiness. It’s a trusted model. Plenty of online stores, and even major. retailersuse drop shipping to offer a wider selection of products to their customers without havingto. deal with increased inventory hassles. You might be thinking that this sounds. like some sketchy,fly-by-night model – but it's not. You don't need to. invest heavily in inventory, yet you can still offer thousandsof items to your customers. With “private label shipping” you can ship. from the wholesaler with a return address and invoice customized to your ecommercestore. Not having toorry about fulfillment is incredibly convenient and. freesup your time to concentrate on marketing, customer service, and operations. With. all thephysical fulfillment issues handling, you's free to operating yourbusiness anywhere you Can get an online connection. Ifyou’re using Shopify youcan access a variety of apps in our. app store that will connect you directly with reputabledropshippers. I’ve linked to a few of these in the description of this Video. If your business is based in the United States, most suppliers will ask you for your business EIN numberand a copy. of your state sales tax and/or resale certificate. You may want to considerhaving your. legal ducks in a row before contacting suppliers. Not all distributors will bewilling to drop ship, but it will give. you a list to follow up with. The market is littered with scams and low-quality. information. It's still very important to exercise caution when searching for drop shipping suppliers. It can take up to 20 pages of listings, often going through 10 or 10 pages of search results, to find the right one for you. Make sure you search for “wholesale suppliers’’ as well as “bulkwarehouse” and “distributor” or “reseller” Make sure to make sure you touse other terms, including “dispenser’ and ‘bulk seller’ in your search terms, such as ‘reseller,’ ‘displier,” ‘shipper’ or ‘ distributor,�’bulkseller’, “shipping’, ‘supplier’or ‘retailer’ – and use these terms to help you find drop shippers for your products. The best way to start is to contact the original manufacturer of the product you want to sell, not the distributor of the item you're trying to sell. This is the easiest way to find qualified distributors. It will help you get the most out of your drop shipping business. You can also use Google to search for a wholesaler through the first page of Google for a term like “handbag bag” instead of ‘handbag.’ Instead of digging deep into the results, you'll often need to dig through the search results for a word like ”bulk bag’. This will give you a better idea of the type of distributor you want your product to be shipped to. It also gives you a good idea of what kind of customer service you want. It gives you the chance to get the best customer service experience you can expect from the distributor. It makes it easier to get started selling your products online. It allows you to focus on marketing and customer service. It reduces the cost of running your business from the beginning to the end. It lets you focus on what matters most to you, rather than the middle and end of the process. It is a proven way to make your business a success. It saves you time and reduces the risk of losing your customers’ attention and costs of running an ecommerce business in the long-term. It helps you a lot of money.